The Center for Strategic Public-Private Partnership and SCG invite you to attend the next SCG LA County Child Welfare Collaborative meeting. This convening and future meetings of the Collaborative will be led by Kate Anderson (@kateanderson), Director for the Center for Strategic Public-Private Partnerships in LA County, in partnership with SCG. Join us for an introduction to the work of […]
Monday, September 12, 1:30p.m. Rayburn House Office Building, Rm. 2168 Gold Room Every day in America, hundreds of thousands of children are involved in court cases that implicate their rights and impact every imaginable aspect of their lives. These cases involve matters of child abuse and neglect, immigration and deportation, juvenile delinquency and others. […]
Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services You are invited to a special policy briefing hosted by Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, Chair of the Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services & the John Burton Foundation. Apartments, Babies & College: The New ABCs of Transition- Age Foster Youth How can we best utilize California's transitional housing program […]
Join Foster Youth for Hillary as they host the Fostering America's Future Virtual Town Hall with Anne Holton, wife of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Tim Kaine and consistent champion of foster children. The townhall with be live-streamed on our Facebook page this Saturday at 2pm PST/5 pm EST! We'll be asking questions about how the Clinton Administration will improve the […]
What does it mean to be a youth of color in foster care? Community organizer Miranda Sheffield will be hosting a thought-provoking panel discussion on lived experiences and intersecting struggles of black and brown young adults who have grown up in the foster care system. We will explore how race, class, and gender relate to […]
Each year, the Burton Book Fund provides $250,000 in textbooks for current and former foster youth who are attending college in California. On Wednesday, August 30, John Burton will host JBAY’s 5th Annual Burton Book Fund Event in Sacramento. We hope you’ll join us and help make college within reach for foster youth. I entered […]
FYA’s Foster Youth Action Showcase is an open community event held during Leaders for Change, our national conference bringing together over 100 foster youth and their adult allies representing over 20 foster youth-led groups across the country. There will also be games, live performances, & giveaways!! Hear directly from young leaders in foster care about their local and state […]
Hillsides, a provider of services for at-risk children and their families, is presenting an advocacy award to Assemblymember Chris Holden. The event will also feature a roundtable discussion on affordable housing for transition-age youth. To attend, RSVP to Rose Iclisoy at riclisoy@hillsides.org. Location: 800 Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, California, 90041
Congressional Briefing Tuesday, March 13, 2018. 12:00 – 1:30 PM Dirksen Senate Building, Room 628 Lunch will be provided. The health professions offer significant opportunities for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth to build meaningful careers. However, there are ongoing structural and policy barriers that impede access to this option for many Native young people. […]
On Oct. 16, The Imprint invites you to a Civic Dialogue in Los Angeles to coincide with the publishing of its soon-to-be-released reporting project: Who Cares: A National Count of Foster Homes and Families. Who Cares is a rigorous examination of the nation’s foster care system, and its capacity to care for the children who enter it. Last year, The […]
